Two young girls are dead and one man is in custody after Amarillo police said the man hit the girls with a pickup and drove away in a north Amarillo neighborhood, traffic investigations Sgt. Warren Gross said.

At 8:14 p.m., a man of unknown age was driving a Dodge pickup north on North Mirror Street crossing Wichita Avenue when he hit two girls in their early teens, Gross said.

The man then left the scene of the accident, Gross said. Both girls were pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

The man later was arrested and charged with failure to stop and render aid, Gross said. The incident is under investigation, he said.